Latest NY Region News from the NY Times
- ‘Emojiland’ Review: There’s a Rom-Com in Your Phone. With Music.
Everybody’s on hand, from a variety of Smileys to Nerd Face, and from Princess to Pile of Poo. - Review: Shakespeare’s ‘Timon’ Gets an Occupy Athens Makeover
Kathryn Hunter stars as the fabulously rich Greek who understands the corrupting value of money only after she loses it. - A Dispute Over $200 and a Deadly Push Down the Stairs
A landlord was sympathetic to a young immigrant, so he rented him a room. But then they clashed. - A Luxury Dish Is Banned, and a Rural County Reels
The ban protects animals and slaps wealthy gourmands. But upstate, hundreds of low-wage immigrant laborers are bracing for the impact. - He Was Charged With 4 Bank Heists, and Freed. Then He Struck Again, Police Say.
A man accused of robbing banks in New York City had been released under a Jan. 1 law that ended bail for most nonviolent charges.
NZ News from UK Guardian
- Climate refugees can't be returned home, says landmark UN human rights ruling
Experts say judgment is ‘tipping point’ that opens the door to climate crisis claims for protection It is unlawful for governments to return people to countries where their lives might be threatened b … - All sectors of New Zealand housing market 'severely' unaffordable: survey
The housing crisis, which Labour government pledged to address, has spread to the provincesEvery urban housing market in New Zealand is regarded as “severely” unaffordable, a major report has found, d … - Laptops stolen in burglary at New Zealand's National party headquarters
Thieves broke in to the office in Auckland on Sunday night or Monday morningThe National party’s headquarters have been burgled, its deputy leader, Paula Bennett, has revealed, with three laptops stol … - Silver Ferns beat England Roses 64-48 in first netball international of 2020
Coach Noeline Taurua got all players out on court in a match where NZ were without four key veteransThe Silver Ferns have beaten the England Roses netball team 64-48 in their first international of 20 … - Silver Ferns face first big test of 2020 – without Langman, Rore, Folau or Korpua
Netball team will look quite different from World Cup-winning outfit, as they take on understrength England The new-look Silver Ferns will take on England in their first international of 2020 without … - New Zealand voters must prepare for an ugly culture war this election | Bryce Edwards
Trump, Morrison and Johnson have found fertile political ground in the backlash to being woke. Simon Bridges is likely to ape them If New Zealand had a giant monument at the entrance to Auckland or We …
Theatre Review
- Review: Shakespeare’s ‘Timon’ Gets an Occupy Athens Makeover
Kathryn Hunter stars as the fabulously rich Greek who understands the corrupting value of money only after she loses it. - ‘Emojiland’ Review: There’s a Rom-Com in Your Phone. With Music.
Everybody’s on hand, from a variety of Smileys to Nerd Face, and from Princess to Pile of Poo. - A Climate Show Was Canceled. Then Came the Finger-Pointing.
One of the nation’s most successful theaters, the Public, shortened the run of a monologue by a prominent artist-activist, Josh Fox. Now each party is blaming the other. - Park Avenue Armory Celebrates Women’s Suffrage With 100 Artists
To mark 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the Armory and a group of 10 cultural institutions are commissioning works from women.